American Express would like to thank the restaurateurs and other professionals who graciously agreed to contribute to Briefing Special Editions and The Bottom Line:

James Altamura
Jeff Amoscato
Brett Andersen
Sandra Andrews
Curt Archambault
Cynthia Ashworth
Ola Ayeni
Alan Baer
Harry Balzer
Lindsey Battle
Jack Baum
Bill Becker
Kamal Boulos
Reggie Bradford
Steve Brooks
Tiffanny Brosnan
Tim Brown
Chris Cannon
David Cantu
George Carey
Kevin Chen
Michael Chirchirillo
David Cronin
Paul Cunningham
John Davie
Steve DiFilippo
Joey DiSalvo
Jose Duarte
Dennis Duffy
Andre Dulle
Kim Dushinski
Niklas Eklund
Claire Ellington
Holly Elmore
Gary Foreman
Niall Freyne
Randy Gaurtti
Paul Geller
Shawn Gentry
Matthew Glazier
Joe Gordon
Tifanny Hamby
Chris Hannan
Rich Hanks
G.J. Hart
Jim Heisler
Rick Hirsch
Alan Hochhauser
John Isbell
Nicolas Jammet
Scott Jampol
Kevin Joyce
Deborah Kane
Niko Karatassos
Ann Karlen
Christine Keff
Jean Kerrigan
Sheryl Kimes
Tim Kirkland
Michael Klauber
Jim Knight
Kurt Knowles
Melissa Kogut
Jennifer Krauss
Fred LeFranc
Maryanne Lewis
Chad Mackay
Gary Markowitz
Chick Marshall
Tom Martin
Bill Marvin
Roberta Matuson
Mike McClellan
Mike McCoy
Dan McGowan
George McKerrow
Damian Mogavero
Erica Murphy
Andre Nataf
Lex Nepomuceno
Jacquelyn Ottman
David Scott Peters
Diane Pfadenhauer
Lee Plotkin
Ben Prentice
Thierry Rautureau
Christianne Ricchi
Hudson Riehle
Bonnie Riggs
Phil Roberts
Dan Rosenthal
Frank Rowe
Dan Sachs
T.J. Schier
Lisa Schweickert
Kathleen Seelye
Mitchell Sjerven
J. Walker Smith
Jim Solomon
David Specht
John Sperry
Mark Spring
Jim Sullivan
Steve Taylor
Bob Thompson
Jill Trecker
Kelli Valade
Rohit Verma
Dan Vlcek
Dawn Voss
Bob Walter
Judy Wicks
Patrick Yearout
Ellen Yin

Project Management by Alexis Tryon, Manager, Industry Development, American Express
Special thanks to Jenny Woodward, graphic design • Richard Koss, copyediting
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